The Drop: New PlayStation Games for 3/3/2015

Prepare to drop into high-stakes combat and protect democracy at all costs — Helldivers is coming to PS4, PS3, and PS Vita this week in a flurry of friendly-fire chaos!

Helldivers enlists you in an elite squad of soldiers that travel the star system, obliterating any enemy of Super Earth that dares rear its insectoid head. With full four-player cooperative, and the looming presence of friendly fire at every turn, Helldivers is packed with challenge and three different alien races itching to destroy you. Procedurally-generated levels keep even the most versatile soldiers coming back for more, and a non-linear mission structure opens up even more carnage-laden options. Bonus: Helldivers supports cross play and cross chat across all three platforms.

If squashing space bugs and cyborgs isn’t your cup of tea, fear not: Oreshika: Tainted Bloodlines is also headed to PS Vita this week. In it, you’ll guide a clan across many generations in an effort to purge your family of an ancient curse. With watercolor visuals and spectacular battles, this RPG brings a new twist to Japanese mythology.

For a full list of games coming to PlayStation this week, read on. And enjoy the Drop!

New PlayStation Games This Week

Aces of the Air

PSone Classic — Digital

Fly authentic World War II-era airplanes across missions that will test your dogfighting and strafing abilities where split-second decisions lead to success.

Crimsonland

PS3 — Digital (Three Way Cross Buy)

Crimsonland is an intense, top-down shooter where your screen is filled with literally hundreds of aliens, giant spiders, mutant lizards, and more. Complete sixty quests to unlock an array of weapons and abilities, then unleash your arsenal in five survival modes with leaderboards.

Helldivers

PS4, PS3, PS Vita — Digital (Three Way Cross Buy)

Helldivers is a hardcore, cooperative, twin stick shooter from the creators of Magicka. As part of the elite unit called the Helldivers, players must work together to protect Super Earth and defeat the enemies of mankind in an intense intergalactic war.

La-Mulana EX

PS Vita — Digital

A combination of classic 2D platforming, Metroidvania-style adventuring and challenging action gameplay, La-Mulana EX takes you deep into the ancient ruins of La-Mulana on a quest to discover not just valuable treasure, but the secret to life itself!

OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood

PS4, PS Vita — Digital

Drop in to Olliwood and prepare for finger-flippin’ mayhem in this follow up to cult smash OlliOlli. The iconic skater is going all green-screen with a stunning new look, plucking you from the street and dropping you squarely in the middle of the big screen’s most bodacious cinematic locations.

Oreshika: Tainted Bloodlines

PS Vita — Digital

Guide your clan over multiple generations on an epic quest to lift a curse against your bloodline, battling cruel enemies and spectacular bosses in this beautiful watercolor turn-based RPG set in ancient Japan.

Shiftlings

PS4 — Digital

Control two adorably dim-witted alien space janitors in this quirky and colorful platform puzzler. Conjoined by an air hose, you must shift size and weight between the two cosmic custodians to avoid dangerous traps and fix problems before disaster strikes.

White Night

PS4 — Digital

The dark will reveal all! Explore the macabre past of an old mansion in the 1930’s and solve puzzles of light and shadows in this fully black & white survival horror! Players are trapped in this nightmare where darkness is a constant threat.

Zombie Army Trilogy

PS4 — Digital

Experience gut-wrenching third-person horror and intense co-op action from the creators of Sniper Elite 3. In the dying flames of World War Two, Hitler has unleashed one final, unholy gamble — a legion of undead super soldiers that threatens to overwhelm the whole of Europe.

I’m looking forward to the March Plus Preview Preview. It will be an entire blog post devoted to thrilling us all with the anticipation of what the actual Preview post will be like. It will be filled with glorious images and videos of people being amazed.

The actual Preview post, I’m afraid, will be somewhat of a letdown by comparison. But I’m really psyched for the other one.

What is going on with the new PlayStation Network re-banding? Video Unlimited was supposed to be rebranded to PlayStation Video in February.

Is PlayStation Vue comming out this month?

Will PlayStation Music be here on March 29th? Or are we just not going to have a music service on PlayStation for a while? And on that not can we ever expect PlayStation Music on PlayStation Vita? That is the only platform I ever extensively used Music Unlimited on, as I really only stream over 3G while at work.

I am extremely exited for all of these sevices, especially PlayStation Vue, as I hav wanted to rid myself of Cable and Dish services for years. Hope everything is on track for Q1 like has been said on multiple occasions.

More budget indie titles for the PS4 again… yippee… Infamous Last List and Injustice Gods Among Us was a huge glimpse at some hope that PS4 owners were starting to see some real games for a change. What a step backwards this is. We should see titles like Knack and Killzone by now. Thief is a fairly new game and PS3 owners got that one akready so age of game can’t possibly be an excuse.